Thota Vaikuntam

About Artist

Vaikuntam obtained his Diploma in painting from the College Of Fine Arts, Hyderabad and then won the State Lalit Kala Academi's Fellowship to study printmaking and painting at M.S.University, Baroda. He has been teach...

Vaikuntam obtained his Diploma in painting from the College Of Fine Arts, Hyderabad and then won the State Lalit Kala Academi's Fellowship to study printmaking and painting at M.S.University, Baroda. He has been teaching at BAL Bhavan, Hyderabad for several years.

He won the National Award, 1993, Hyderabad Arts Society award in 1973 and Bharat Bhavan Biennale award in 1988. He participated in many exhibitions in Hyderabad 1972-90, VII Triennale, India 1991, Art Encounter, Kassel, Germany 1999, Asprey's auction for helpage 1993, Chamatkara at London and many shows at Madras and Calcutta.

Testimonials

BIODATA

About Artist

Vaikuntam obtained his Diploma in painting from the College Of Fine Arts, Hyderabad and then won the State Lalit Kala Academi's Fellowship to study printmaking and painting at M.S.University, Baroda. He has been teaching at BAL Bhavan, Hyderabad for several years.

He won the National Award, 1993, Hyderabad Arts Society award in 1973 and Bharat Bhavan Biennale award in 1988. He participated in many exhibitions in Hyderabad 1972-90, VII Triennale, India 1991, Art Encounter, Kassel, Germany 1999, Asprey's auction for helpage 1993, Chamatkara at London and many shows at Madras and Calcutta.

He lives and works in Hyderabad.

Exhibitions

'Memoire du passé 1979-1999', Latitude 28, New Delhi

'Metamorphosis: The Changing World of Thota Vaikuntam', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

'Saffron.Vermilion.Turmeric', Indigo Blue Art, Singapore

2009-2010: Vermilion.Turmeric', Indigo Blue Art, Singapore

'Figure/Landscape: Part One', Aicon Gallery, New York

'The Living Insignia', Gallery Ensign, New Delhi'Modern Folk: The Folk Art Roots of the Modernist Avant-Garde', Aicon Gallery, New York

'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai2008

'Post Independence Masters', Aicon Gallery, New York, NY

'Freedom 2008 : Sixty Years After Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India